XCOM: One Does Not Simply "Shoot" a Cryssalid...

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Chryssalids are overrated. Sectopods is where the fear's at.

I'm thinking that SHIVs will be the new redshirts. They'll always be sent ahead into potential threat zones, always the first to be potentially sacrificed for something, etc. Even if they cost piles of money, they likely won't be nearly as valuable as soldiers. Plus, free partial cover for anyone behind them.

So, nothing changes then?

As for shift in game tactics:
The new game will use tactical positioning rather than rookie zerg rush. The way the original X-Com was meant to be played, and some of us (yours truly for example) actually played it that way.